The main areas of scientific and research activity of the Institute of Textile Architecture are:
- the development of textronics as an interdisciplinary field combining textile technologies with advanced electronic systems and informatics to create intelligent and interactive textile materials,
- the development of printed electroconductive layers on textiles, including conductive polymers and graphene, as well as sensory and actuator components such as gas sensors, temperature sensors, supercapacitors, or textile antennas,
- the development of advanced digital printing techniques, including 3D printing on textiles, and their application in textronics, 3D dosimetry, hydrogel materials, and tissue engineering,
- research on the ballistic effectiveness of fabrics made from high-strength fibers, such as para-aramids and polyethylenes, with a focus on fabric structure analysis and optimization of protective properties,
- research on composites reinforced with natural and synthetic fibers, with a particular emphasis on eco-friendly composite materials and sustainable design of textile structures,
- the design and modeling of textiles, including their properties, structures, textures, and external forms,
- the application of raw materials and other textile materials to achieve desired properties and external forms of textile products,
- mathematical, physical, and structural analysis and modeling of textile objects,
- digital image analysis of textiles,
- analysis and documentation of historical and archaeological textiles,
- computer graphics for museum applications,
- artistic transposition of vision into an engineered, durable, and functional textile product,
- improvement and application of techniques for creative problem-solving in engineering,
- the use of CAD/CAM in textile design,
- innovative multi-axial woven structures,
- physical and biophysical properties of clothing (modeling of microclimates under clothing systems, objectification of textile materials' readiness for garment production, etc.),
- fundamentals of clothing design engineering (process improvement, building catalogs of clothing joints and functional groups),
- unconventional clothing structures based on functional and tailoring features,
- analysis of the operating conditions of clothing machinery (modeling technological efficiency in the production chain, optimizing gluing process parameters, studying sewing thread conditions in stitch formation zones of sewing machines, etc.),
- analysis and design of industrial clothing manufacturing processes,
- fundamental problems of general and technical metrology,
- instrumentation of measurements; construction of unique electronic measuring equipment,
- identification of textile and clothing objects using advanced microprocessor-based measuring techniques,
- modeling of objects and their computer-based simulations, verified by experiments aimed at understanding and controlling processes.